Bob Herbert Leaving NY Times

[road2000]

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/25/bob-herbert-to-leave-the-times/

Snip:
Mr. Herbert did not share the details of his plans, saying only that he was leaving to focus on his book and a “soon-to-be-announced effort to help bolster progressive journalism.”

[Faygo Kid]

1. Wow, he'll be missed; first Frank Rich and now Bob Herbert

Here's hoping that Bob goes on to even bigger and better things, and we are not seeing a progressive purge at the Times.

[elleng]

2. Times has purged US, so this is OK w me, as long as we can find Bob somewhere.

[Smarmie Doofus]

5. Ditto. Esp as regards a a "progressive purge". nt

[Botany]

3. NYT's Herbert: Kerry 'almost certainly' won Ohio in 2004

Thank You Bob. You wrote the truth

NYT's Herbert: Kerry 'almost certainly' won Ohio in 2004


In the 2004 presidential election, Senator John Kerry (D-MA) "almost certainly would have won Ohio if all of his votes had been counted, and
if all of the eligible voters who tried to vote for him had been allowed to cast their ballots," writes columnist Bob Herbert for Monday's edition
of The New York Times.


Republicans, and even a surprising number of Democrats, have been anxious to leave the 2004 Ohio election debacle behind. But Kennedy, in
his long, heavily footnoted article ("Was the 2004 Election Stolen?"), leaves no doubt that the democratic process was trampled and left for dead
in the Buckeye State. Kerry almost certainly would have won Ohio if all of his votes had been counted, and if all of the eligible voters who tried to
vote for him had been allowed to cast their ballots.

....

No one has been able to prove that the election in Ohio was hijacked. But whenever it is closely scrutinized, the range of problems and dirty tricks that come
to light is shocking. What's not shocking, of course, is that every glitch and every foul-up in Ohio, every arbitrary new rule and regulation, somehow favored Bush.

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/NYT_Bob_Herbert_Kerry_almost_certainly_0612.html

[Smarmie Doofus]

4. Wow. Where did that come from? nt

[road2000]

6. Progressive Purge?

I can see that happening. I guess we'll know when and if we read Collins is leaving next week.

So we're supposed to pay to read David Brooks? Fergit it.

[marmar]

7. Herbert, Frank Rich.......

..... What's going on at 620 Eighth Ave?

[movonne]

8. Maybe he will go to Keith's new station...

[Demeter]

9. Can't Say As I'm Surprised

a lot of the readership has already left....

[ellenfl]

10. looking forward to that 'soon to be announced effort'! eom

[hay rick]

11. Now the Times has Krugman on Monday and Friday...

and not much else. I assume Herbert is leaving on his own terms and for his own reasons. I will be very interested to see who replaces him. I have been reading the Times forever, but if they bring in another David Brooks it will be time to part ways.